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Noun Concept
Categories: Sports originating in the United States, Basketball, Team sports, Ball games, Articles with short description
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basketball  basketball game  hoops  basketball player  Basketball Parity Worldwide
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A game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop WordNet 3.0
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A game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender's hoop, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. Wikipedia
Sport in which a ball is bounced and thrown through a hoop. Wikipedia Disambiguation
A person who plays basketball, especially professionally. OmegaWiki
A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to throw a ball through a hoop. OmegaWiki
A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop. Wiktionary